Trinidad James Broke and Dropped From Def Jam

[Vonte3000]

Oh so it would be better to let your lying ass make up some shyt huh?

yes because right now you look like a straight groupie

no one cares like that bruh He'll be fine

 

[AVXL]

Naw. But I remember him going by nick and pulling up at fly kix in a Monte Carlo a few times before don't be safe dropped. I be at fly kix a lot, my nikka work there.

Never seen him in a challenger Bruh, I seen the audi at the studio last night while I was jogging in Castleberry hills. Somebody still paying for his studio.

Yea he flipped the Challenger for the Audi. Fly might still be paying for studio time since he's still signed to TIG.

 

[hiphopfanatic]

Why didn't go full on into making an album? He should have kept the buzz going and went full on with a studio album in 2013 instead of releasing that mixtape. Oh well.

 

[dakidbanks]

TJ fukked up by not just working on an album instead of doing 10 pc mild.

Hell thats where most rappers in general are fukking up at, get a hot single, a couple features..get signed.....and then drop a fukking mixtape....

That's partly the label's fault as well because its not like the artist can just have a hot single and drop the album retail/digital wise whenever they please

Trinidad James was virtually in the same situation Kirko Bangz has been in for the past few years except he didn't put much out to maintain those who were a fan of him. TJ also messed up by basically getting himself blackballed in NY

 

[DrX]

dont feel sorry 4 him, instead of popping bottles he shouldve invested

 

[NickBlanco]

this is some real p*ssy ass shyt right here



nikka act like any black person's failure is failure for the entire race

like dude was advancing the plight of Black America
like he was making the soundtrack to social change

like his album sales funded court representation for wrongly convicted felons




dude is a fakkit ass cornball
that made lame ass
music

but we supposed to be sad about this shyt


i swear man you nikkas need fathers

nah

 

[DarkmanX]

how he get broke so fast?

Trinidad James had signed a Joint Venture with Def Jam Records, for approx. $2 Million.[8

Cuz goofy nikkas like you cant understand that it doesnt mean that he gets 2 million as he signs the check. It just means the deal itself is worth 2 mill. But you gotta include alot of stuff in that, like set of projects & and then you gotta back back on their investment etc.

Same thing whether it's Trinidad or Jay-Z. That's just a marketing thing cuz goofy rap fans care so much about flashy shyt and how much people are making so they can live vicarously thru 'em that they go bananas if they hear a rapper got so & so mills.

You know what i love the most about rap fans tho? These "know-it-alls" lol. All these "see the label should've did this" or "Trinidad fukked up doing this" ol in hindsight-brilliant-ass-nikkas huh ? lmao

 

[NickBlanco]

It's 2014, stop it slime. nikkas with this crab in the barrel mentality like we need to support all our people. Clown nikkas need to get the so more don't surface. if anything TJ set us back 5 years...

he just makes music

 

[mortuus est]

dont feel sorry 4 him, instead of popping bottles he shouldve invested

lol his not broke, he just wont be able to afford features and beats from high profiled people

 

[Scientific Playa]

Cuz goofy nikkas like you cant understand that it doesnt mean that he gets 2 million as he signs the check. It just means the deal itself is worth 2 mill. But you gotta include alot of stuff in that, like set of projects & and then you gotta back back on their investment etc.

Same thing whether it's Trinidad or Jay-Z. That's just a marketing thing cuz goofy rap fans care so much about flashy shyt and how much people are making so they can live vicarously thru 'em that they go bananas if they hear a rapper got so & so mills.

You know what i love the most about rap fans tho? These "know-it-alls" lol. All these "see the label should've did this" or "Trinidad fukked up doing this" ol in hindsight-brilliant-ass-nikkas huh ? lmao

who said he got 2 million? i posted a wiki entry that said he got a deal which he could have built upon....reading comprehension is in order here!!!

 

[Drip Bayless]

Anyone in this day and age who lets a label fukk them over like this clearly is in it for the money and not because they wanna rap. Damn at least Chief Keef cashed out to some extent, this dude is gonna get clowned relentlessly back home

 

[Drip Bayless]

Hope he ran through every penny of that budget and enjoyed it...wonder how long Keef has?

Bang 4 is Sosa's last chance and I don't just mean it's his last chance to redeem his fanbase. If any of his albums underperform sales wise he is getting dropped. It doesn't help that because of Durk's beef with him, Reese is the only other person in GBE who can rap and that nikka has a deal on a different label. I respect that he was tryna put the day 1 squad on his back, but nikkas need to separate family and business. If you are going to make a rap group at least make sure there's a few other nikkas there that can rap.

 

[Darealtwo1]

Bang 4 is Sosa's last chance and I don't just mean it's his last chance to redeem his fanbase. If any of his albums underperform sales wise he is getting dropped. It doesn't help that because of Durk's beef with him, Reese is the only other person in GBE who can rap and that nikka has a deal on a different label. I respect that he was tryna put the day 1 squad on his back, but nikkas need to separate family and business. If you are going to make a rap group at least make sure there's a few other nikkas there that can rap.

i think u mean bang 3....im not checkin fo keef anymore after those 2 mixtapes..shyts were mixed horribly and i couldnt even understand him

 

[Drip Bayless]

i think u mean bang 3....im not checkin fo keef anymore after those 2 mixtapes..shyts were mixed horribly and i couldnt even understand him

Nah I'm talking bout Bang 4 the EP thats supposed to come before Bang 3

if this shyt flops his career is done cause no one will cop bang 3

 

[eastside313]

You dont get 2 million..he prob got a 60-80k advance off that. That 2million is to pay for features, beats, studio time, and radio spins for the album. In return they take all ya sales and take 15% of ya tour money, 15% of ya merch, 100% of ya album sales and so on and so on hence where they got the term 360 deal from

it dont matter to def jam they recouped that 80k advance just off the all gold everything single. That went gold (no pun intended) thats around 350k after itunes takes their cut(no samples on that record either) all the show money, dont be safe ep sales, and merch money they got was just a bonus

He had to get more than 60k. Trinidad James is horribly wack but IMO he doesn't come off as the typical dumb rapper. I highly doubt he thought he would actually have a rap career, so the only reason to sign with def jam would be for the check. A 60 k check ain't shyt cause he was probably making that a week off show money when he signed with def jam.